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CIRCULATION LAST WEEK 2556 Year Ago Last Week - 24*7 -L PRICE 10 Cents lSt)e JUacpmn u VOL. LXVII? NO. 29 IS RETURNING REWARD FUND FOR MURDERER Slayer Of Macon Youth In Truck Bombing Still At Large With the investigation into the mysterious booby-trap slay ing of a 23-year-old Macon County youth apparently at a dead-end, a $1,357 reward post ed by local citizens for the kill er is being returned by the sheriff's department. The youth, William Homer Cochran, Jr.. son of Franklin Police Chief W. H. Cochran, died December 31, 1951, in a Mt. Airy hospital several hours after an explosion blasted his ?mall pick-up truck to pieces as he was leaving for work. Sheriff J. Harry Thomas is returning the money under a provision of the reward con tract, stipulating that it would revert to contributors if the killer was not apprehended by July 7, 1952. All leads in the murder case, which attracted nation-wide at tention, dried up soon after the slaying, despite an all-out in vestigation launched by Mt. Airy police and S.B.I, agents. At the time of the explosion, young Cochran was agricultural teacher at White Plains High school, near Mt. Airy, and he and his bride of four months lived in an apartment house in Mt. Airy. He was leaving home for the school when the blast ripped through his truck. Police said an explosive charge wired to the Ignition system of the pick up was touched off when the young agricultural teacher step ped on the starter. A $2,500 reward was raised by citizens in the Mt. Airy area, and Gov. W. Ker.r Scott offered a $400 reward for the state. NEW CHURCH IS DEDICATED Special Service Conducted Sunday By Huneycutt At Maiden's Chapel (See Picture On Page 3) The new? Maiden Chapel Methodist church was dedicated Sunday morning at a special service conducted by the Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, super intendent of the Waynesville Methodist district. Construction began on the slag-block church in the winter of 1950 and it recently was completed at a cost of approxi mantly $7,600. Timber for the new structure was cut and sawed by men of the church and the plans were drawn by Dr. E. J. Hammond, of Atlanta, Ga., architect of the Methodist church. The chapel was organized by the Rev.i George Maiden in 1878 and membership today stands at 68, according to Mrs. Isabelle E. Hull, who is serving her fifth year as pastor of the three-church West Macon cir cuit. After the organization of the church, the congregation met in the community school house while the first church building was being constructed. It was completed late in 1878 and served the congregation until the new one was built. Members of the church build ing committee are J. R. South ards, R. C. Enloe, Harvey A. Burch, John Roane, Lester Wal droop, Frank Roane, Jake Wal droop, and H. C. Hurst. BULLETIN Fivel men, Walter Johnson, Calvin Huscusson, James Hus cusson, Dan Huscusson ami Ar thur DraJie, received minor in juries when they were struck by a bolt of lightening Wednesday afternoon. The men were ad mitted to Angel hospital at 3 p. m. and were reported to be out of danger. The incident oc curred at the home of Calvin Huscusson on Route 1, where ^ r?"o Plan Annual ) Picnic Here On Saturday Farmers Federation picnic ' time is drawing near ? the an nual outing and its star-stud i ded entertainment is slated ! Saturday at Franklin High ! school. i Serving as master of cere | monies at the picnic, which ' gets under way at 10 a. m., will ; be James G. K. McClure, of ' Asheville, federation president. As in past years, Pan Handle ' Pete? the one-man band ? heads ! ! the list of expected entertainers, | not to mention Patsy Messer, . acrobatic dancer, Brenda Rice, ' and many others. A special invitation is extencb led to all silvers, quartets, j choirs, and performers to take) part in the program. | i Short talks are planned on ; I farm practices, poultry, and I service programs sponsored by the federation. Prizes will be given the larg est family present, the young est married, couple, the oldest married couple, and cash awards will be awaiting the winners of the boys' and girls' relay races and tug-of-war teams after lunch. Five and three dollar prizes will be awarded the first and second place winning quartets, and the winning choir will re ceive a complete set Of song books. The second place choir will get 12 song books. A prize is also being offered to those transporting the larg est number of people to the picnic. A grand prize of $100 will be given to the best number at the entire series of federation pic nics, with $50 and $25 going to the second and third best per formers, respectively. Watermelon and lemonade will be furnished free by the federation and a lunch counter will be operated on the grounds for those who wish to buy their > lunch. tsoy Scouts Leave For Camp Monday Twelve Macon County Boy Scouts left Monday for a week's! camping at Camp Daniel Boone, between Canton and Waynes vllle. They are Tommy Gnuse, Mark * Dowdle, Gary McKelvey, Frank- : lin McSwain, Lewis Cabe, and j Edward Shatley, all of Frank- Q lln, Troop 1; Leonard Long, of I the Franklin Explorer post; | James H. Newton and William Lowe, Highlands, Troop 7; and s James M. Moore, Glenn Sanders, jjj and Thomas C. Hopkins, of,. Union, Troop 4. Eagle Scout Ben Edwards, ofl the Franklin Explorer post, is I working as a counselor at the Scout camp for the summer. I The local campers will re- < j turn Sunday. This sleek racer, built anil driven by Gary McKclvey, (in the cockpit), 11-year-old son of Mr. anil .Mrs. I!. E. McKelvey, of i ranklin, was Macon County's sole entry in the Soap Box Derby in Asheville Saturday, and is believed to be the fir t one ever entered from here. Sponsored by Burrell .Motor company, Gary's speedster, aptly christened ''The Snail', .was eliminated in the first heat of the race. It took Gary about a month to build the 'coast buggy' and he's mighty pleased with it. An Emma lad won the derby, breezing over the 750-foot down-hill track in 21 seconds. C. N. West Chicago - Bound Saturday For Convention Clyde N. West, of the Wests Mill community, will leave here Saturday, Chicago-bound for the Democratic National convention, which gets under way Monday. He was picked as an alter nate delegate to the conven tion from the 12th congres sional district at the state party convention in May. Chimes Given In Memory Of Dr. W. A. Rogers Mission Accomplished, But Korea Stalemate, Franklin Officer Says | "We have accomplished our | military mission in Korea", but, paradoxically, have accomplish ed it, "we are at a military stalemate", Col. George B. Sloan, I just back from a year's service in Korea, said in an interview here last week. Col. Sloan, a native of Frank lin, formerly commanded the famed "Wolfhound" infantry regiment in Korea. He was here with his family for a visit with his father, W. N. Sloan, and his brother, Bob Sloan. "Our original military mis sion", he explained, "was to I drive the North Koreans out of South Korea. We did that. Then the Chinese Communists inter vened, starting a new war." Now, however, South Korea again is free of invading armies. A small west coast area around Kaesong is the excep tion, but Col. Sloan explained : that United Nations forces . counterbalance that by holding ; a considerably larger area in North Korea. As to the future, "I stee no solution of the Korean situa- : tion, within the framework of/: our political policy, except around the peace table ? and we have been trying that for more : than a year." Militarily, he said, the Situ ation offers little for UN troops i drive farther north, that would lengthen their supply lines and j shorten the Communists' supply , lines, meanwhile bringing UN i troops within closer range of [ the "inviolate" Chinese Com- , munist air bases across the Yalu river. And such an ad- 1 vance, he remarked, would "cost heavily in blood". He doubts the practicability of attempting to destroy the j Communist armies in North Korea? they can draw heavily, | he explained, in material and personnel from across th? Yalu river. It was pointed out to Co!. Sloan that the "can't , win, can't lose, can't quit" situation has created a widespread atti tude of futility in the States, and he was asked what effect it has had on troop morale. i He admitted that this same sense of futility exists among Americans in Korea, but said nora!e is excellent, neverthe less, He attributed this to two factors: "First, the amazing leader = i i j j j of General Van Fleet; second, the rotation system, which gives the soldier an ob lective? he knows, when he has served his time, he will be ro tated back to the States". Col. Sloan, a regular army man, described General Van TV. yo 1 PAO*" l!? FLOWER SHOW ] DATE IS JULY 25 Invites Entries ; Annual | Event WU1 Be Held At Slagle Building July 26 Is the date for ths flower show sponsored annual ly by the Franklin Garden club The show, one of Franklin s outstanding summer events, will be held this year at Slagle Me morial building. Anyone may enter flowers In the show and there will be no limit on the number of exhibits Individuals enter. All exhibits must be register ed at the Memorial building be tween 9 and 11 a. m. the date of the show, club officials have announced. The exhibitor who wins the most points In all divisions of the show will be given the sweepstake award. Mrs. Q. M. Wilson, of High lands, will award a prize to the sweepstakes winner. Flowers in the horticultural class must be grown by the ex - j hibitor, garden club officials emphasized. Divisions of the show are: Horticultural classes: Hahlias, j largest and finest of one vari ety; Dahlias, best display of j mixed variety; Roses; Zinnias, I large and small; Gladioli, mix- j ed; Gladioli, one color; Mari golds; Petunias; Asters: Afrlc- j an violets; Potted plants; Tub erous Begonias; and Sna ".drag ons. Arrangement classes: Modern arrangement; Yellow flowers; | white flowers to blend with the ; container; mixed flowers; cor-! sages; wild flowers; arrange ment of either dried materials, j fruits, or foliage, or any com- ' bination of these; miniatures of ; any material, flower and con- ' talner not to exceed three 1 inches overall; flower arrange- j ment for lamp table or end table; wall niches; men's ar- j rangement; arrangement for tables, dinner, breakfast, ccffee, luncheon, or terrace. Children's division: Doll cor sages; vegetable figures or ani mals; dish gardens; arrange ment representing school days. No exhibit may be disturbed or removed until 9 p. m., at the close of the show. Judging will be done by quali fied persons and their decisions will be final, club officers said. Several From County Attend Cherokee Meet Frank B. Duncan, a director } of the organization, and the j following other Franklin per- j sons attended the meeting and [ luncheon of Western North Carolina Associated Communi- j ties at Cherokee Tuesday of last j week : Mrs. Lasca Horsley, Mr. i ? and Mrs. E. W. Renshaw, Mr. j ar.d M. s. Paul Russell, and Mr. , j and Mrs. Holland McSwain and t wt> -o::s, Holland, Jr., and;, I: : ':l n Lee.' I AST MIM'TF. ITEAI , The Highlands coard of aid- i ermen has adopted a $97,877 bv.Uget for the 1932-53 fiscal : year? an increase of $15,960 i over last year's. The tax rate is the same, $2.50 per hundred ; vp'uM'oti. Five Men Enlist Through Recruiter Here This Week Five enlistments vve:e an nounced Tuesday by the local army-air force recruiter, Sgt. Clay Hensley. Edwin L. Poindexter signed up for three years in the army and has been assigned to the office machine repair school at the Quartermaster Training center, Fort Lee, .Va. Alvin Ray Shuler. of Frank lin. Route 4, enlisted in the army under a three-year career plnr., and Wwight L. McCloud. of Franklin, joined the air force under a four-year career plan. O-rover Etfgene Crisp and Gene G EritVon, both of Frank lin, Route 3, ieave today (Thurs day i for Charlotte and assign ment in the air force. Frank L. Henry, ill. left this ?reek for Fort Jackson, S. C., ; r.d upon completion lof basic ? raining will be' assigned \o the army officer candidate .-school, the recruiter said ?3t. Hensley pointed out that men wilt hr.ve receiver pre-in duction examinations, out not induction not; -. may still vol unteer i\ crrr.;' : j.ir force. The i*. or alter !< I*i Franklin T ;esdr ; ;aci: at Angel Drug si x s. - mtsr:- m Ricra BOY 12-Ye.ir Olo D: v/r.s In Arrowco ' Poo- : Rites Hi'J Friday At Crwce Ariir.'.'i ! ,rc--.iiratr..i failed *.i tcviv } Ralph Sola" Hickman, the - -car-old bo-. A'hose 0:0';' "?us recovered from .he pool at Arrow I G'ade about .4:15 o'clock last Weonet-.iay after noon. Funsral services lor the sev ei4'.;i "T V der, the soh of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Riokman, o: the West's RALPH R. RICKMAN Will community, were conducted Friday at 3 p. m. at the Cowee 3aptist church. After the boy's body was re lieved from the pool, a small, lushed crowd of swimmers and spectators hovered around for llore than two ho/irs a.s an un successful attempt was made to ?evive him. ? Several men worked steadily ipplylng artificial respiration jntil about 6:30 o'clock. Coroner George Henson ruled iccidential drowning and said SEE NO 2. PAGE 12 Evangelistic ! Series Begins On Sunday The Rev. G. Ray Jordan, pro fessor of homiletics in tho . school of theology at Emory ; ? university, Atlanta, Ga., will be ' guest preacher at this summer's annual interdenominational evangelistic series here. The series, to be held at the ! Friendship tabernacle, begins ] Sunday and runs thruogh July ' 26. Services will be held night- : ly beginning at 8 o'clock. 1 Selection of Mr. Jordan as ; this year's guest preacher was i made by the Franklin Metho dist ' church. Since the annual ' ' series is interdenominational, ! local churches alternate in ? choosing a speaker each year. The Rt. Rev. M. George Henry, bishop of the W. N. C. Episco- 1 ' pal diocese, conducted the series last year. An author and world traveler. ^ Mr. Jordan has had a number | THE REV. G. R. JORDAN of books published and six o' the last seven he has written were chosen by the Pulpit Book club. His latest book, You Can Preach!", wis written in 1901 His travels have taken him to Palestine, Syria, the Near East. Europe, Central America. O 1 lombia, Canada, and Mexico. He made a special study tour of ~he Middle East and Europe in {951. I Churches Mr Jordan has serv ed include Collide Place Metho dist, in Greensboro. Wesley Me morial, High Point, Certenary Methodist, Winston-Salem, and the First V thodist church, Charlotte. He received his A. B degree ' from Duke university i Trinity i in lSjl7; B D. from Empry uni- j vevsity in 1920; A.M. from Yale in 1921; D-D. from Duke in 1935; : and Litt. D. from Lincoln Me- 1 nierial university in 1950. In ad- \ clitic he did summer study wor'- at the Union Theological j Stsr.i; .ry. New York, and the University of Chicago SUFFERS SNAKEBITE Mrs. Oct a Jones j<5. of th ? Si .ith Skvenah ?ommunity. was admitted t..? Aiv. -l clini : Tues Ci>:\ luft'Ting from snakebite. Mr-. Jones, who was bitten On ti.o lo t,:v ri"';t leu. told at tendant at the clinic that the snake suruck her while she was ' picking blackberries, she thinks j it was a pilot snake. It was later announced at the ' clinic that it was a rattler. CLEARING GETS UNDER WAY ON NEW HIGHWAY Engineer Says Present Span Will Close About Sept. 1 Clearing the right-of-way for _ S613.000 Cowee.Gap rankiir. hishwa- -US 23/ got -inder way this week, ar.cl grad r;7 operations are exnected to Degln sometime in August ae lording to S. T. Csry state aighway resident engineer. Under present plans" the en gineer said the .-r.a.i would not be closed .0 :r.o*,ori^*s "ntil about September 1. However, he no!;.'-,', o'u1' that any speed-up 'in con?trucMor could cause the hie:-.?.-/ 'to Z :losed to travel earlier. ..J?1? n.?.T ."54-r,.le highway, wnii-n '.viii choo a'oo ? ne milr from the prKVnt from Franr. In to the Jn'r:>. n ~cunt\ lino a 1, Cowee Gun. in -'enerai follows the road-bed of the ex isting span. , When tho road i- closed motorists traveling toward Syl va and points ^a.s t. \v.:i have to detour through either High? lands 1 US 64 ? or B ,n Citv (NC 28'. ' * The contract for grading ami surfacing on the pro' **ct wa.1* awarded J. C Critcher, Inc Asheville. Methodist Bib.'e School Begins Here On Monday The Franklin Methodist church dailv vacation Bible school will nr f-n Monda ? morn ing at 9 o cio".-;, it hn- ',- f-n an nounced. Registration i? -slar* ?; Sun day. during the Sunday -cbeof hour at the -hu'fcti. Teachers, by departments, wilt be: Klndf rsnrten: Mrs FranS Mart.r, Mrs. R. s. Jones, and Mrs. Grover Jomi-on. Primary; Mrs. John Swan an 1 'jjlss Ruth Angel. Help"-s will te Misses Margaret Craxfor I. Margaret Jones. Mart a ret Thomas. Jeanne Russe'I and Julia Moodv. Jun ior: Mr- Guy SharJt/. Mrs Lawrence Pat 1 11. Miss Carolyn Lona, itnH M'< Cia.ton Ram sey. f The chur v. pa- ir. -.hi Rev. c. e . Murray, will instruct in the - Ii.T-rmeriiate department. 11 > in 4 the text book. ' "C#i (hurch". by Bishop Paul Oar ? ?h a . IZ " H xm 'ervc ss chUiiman oi i'"1 The B.bi ? -cho.,1 wh meet" daily through next Fiiday. July Power Company Wo -Iters Get New Rale Schedule A rate range schedule pro viding merit or length of serv ice increases for employes of the Nantahala Power and" Light compai v, with hom? of ices in franknn h,- b ? ,r.,?ted oy the Fourth Ret. ion.; I Wage stah lii ation board. Jphn M. Archer. Jr. pow=?r sc0h,T'-' standing poiiW'of th i? r.p* -''''I i- employ... on the ?>mt and length o: "service. to !' lncreased fun(i limited to six per Cent of the em e-uni L agRreeate straiSht time ta*ning^ per year. ochool Year Was Good One Membership Last Day of School Total Enrollment r Losses (drop-outs i Average Daily Attendance No. Pupils Absent Daily No. Pupils Promoted No. Pupils Not Promoted 1950-51 1951-52 Percent 3,637 3.647 +.28 4,093 4.007 ?2.1 4S3 ? 360 ?25.4 3.391 3,402 + .3 373 341 ?8.6 3,268 3.333 +1.9 369 314 ?15.0 Enrollment Was Lower, But Attendance Higher Than Past School Year The 1951-52 school year in Macon County was an excep tional one ? while enrollment was lower, there were fewer absences and drop-outs, and more pupils were promoted. j Figures in the county school superintendent's office, com paring the 1951-52 school year : with the previous one, show that; I] (1) Membership the last day ' of school for the school venr 1 1 just ended was .28 per cent higher than the previous year, although total enrollment was 86 pupils less. (2) There were 32 fewer ab scences each day, a decrease of 8.6 per cent over the 1950-51 school year. (3 1 The number quitting school decreased 25.4 per cent. In 1950-51, 483 pupils dropped nut of school, aj compared with 360 in 1951-52. *4 1 The number of pupils promoted jumped 1.9 per cent. Those promoted in 1950-51 to taled 3 2fi?-ln 1951-52. 3.W*.